> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Kaplan, Andrew H. > Sent: den 28 januari 2014 14:31 > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: Re: [CentOS] NIS or not? > > We have been using NIS for over a decade on our network, and it has been > an effective solution. > The network spans several subnets, and we have been able to deploy slave > NIS servers on the various > subnets. The reason for this is several fold: > > Quicker response for login and other domain requests > Network policy requires slave servers to be on subnets to reduce network > traffic. > > While the security is not as strong as it is for the LDAP solution, as long > as you > are employing > NIS on an internal network, you should be all set.
So you don't have any problem running clear-text passwords as mentioned in a previous post? -- //Sorin
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